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Rotary Foundation of Washington DC

To engage in works of charity of every description and to collect, hold and administer funds to carry on charitable activities.

$418k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$96k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$798kEducation$260kEnvironment$133kFood & Nutrition$60kHuman Services$40kCivil Rights$40kCrime & Legal$40kHealth$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $200,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $417,987 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $217,987 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $99k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $96k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys and Girls Club$96,000
Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Ca$20,000
Food Rescue US DC$20,000
Everyone Home DC$20,000
The Salvation Army$20,000
National Park ServiceTrees$18,750
Baltimore Rotary Foundation$5,250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Access Youth: $20k → 14%Access Youth: $20k → 14%Everyone Home DC: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 9 repeat orgs$351k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +165% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$1.2M
$286k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+165%
0%

Still filing today

56%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE
    8× · 2017–2025 · $718k · revenue +128%
  • MC
    MULTICULTURAL CAREER INTERN PROGRAM
    3× · 2018–2023 · $140k · revenue +24%
  • FM
    Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
    4× · 2017–2021 · $80k · revenue +165%

Funded once

  • IY
    iFly Youth Incorporatedgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +243% · 45% of their budget
  • W8
    Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Incgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +161%
  • CH
    Christ House
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Girls On the Run - Dc

Girls on the Run-DC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the mission of inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.

Youth Development
2
Global Kids Inc

Global kids educates, inspires and mobilizes youth to become global citizens who are positively engaged in the world and are prepared for their future.

Youth Development
3
Latinas Leading Tomorrow

Connect and expose Latinas to opportunities that enrich their future through education mentoring and leadership development.

Human Services
4
Dc Alliance of Youth Advocates

Coalition with district of columbia to promote and propel youth into productive and healthy adulthood.

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5
The Young Women's Project

Ywp builds the leadership and power of young people so that they can transform dc institutions to expand rights and opportunities for dc youth. ywp programs engage youth on three levels - as peer educators, advocates, and employees - and…

Education
6
Dc Action for Children Today Dc Act

We're making the District of Columbia a place where all kids grow up safe, resilient, powerful and heard. DC Action uses research, data, and a racial equity lens to break down barriers that stand in the way of all kids reaching their full…

Human Services
7
Ward 7 Blue Bulls Youth Organization

To empower and uplift the youth in under-resourced areas through comprehensive programming that takes a holistic approach for no cost or financial burden.

Recreation & Sports
8
Technology Playground

Technology Playground is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering youth in Washington, DC, by equipping them with the tools, knowledge, and experiences necessary to break the cycle of poverty. The organization addresses economic…

Youth Development
9
Cityworks Dc

Our mission is to dramatically improve the early career outcomes of dc youth and young adults of color by creating innovative programs and by mobilizing employers, educators, and city leaders to create a local, diverse talent pipeline. our…

Education
10
Earth Conservation Corps

To reclaim the Anacostia River, our communities and our lives.

Environment
11
Dc Community Development Consortium Institute
Community Improvement
12
I Believe in Me Girls Inc

The mission of IBIM Girls is to empower girls to B.E.L.I.E.V.E (Become Emerging Leaders Inspiring Excellence and Values Everyday) through group mentoring and leadership training necessary to become responsible, productive and successful…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The First Tee of Greater Washington Dc Langston Golf Course; the most unlike its peers is Anacostia Watershed Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
14/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $717,900 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATEMULTICULTURAL CAREER INTERN PROGRAM: $140,000 · OtherMULTICULTURAL CAREER INTERN PROGRAMNational Park Services: $51,125 · Other+15 more: $314,150 · Other+15 moreFree Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop: $80,000 · EducationGENERATION HOPE: $20,000 · EducationACCESS INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesEveryone Home DC: $20,000 · Human ServicesiFly Youth Incorporated: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTEENS RUN DC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentWard 8 Woods Conservancy Inc: $20,000 · EnvironmentANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $20,000 · EnvironmentBREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER: $20,000 · HealthSMITH FARM LTD: $20,000 · HealthBECKY LEE WOMENS SUPPORT FUND: $20,000 · PhilanthropyLIGHT THE WAY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,223,175Education$100,000Human Services$60,000Youth Development$40,000Environment$40,000Health$40,000Philanthropy$40,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $717,900 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetMULTICULTURAL CAREER INTERN PROGRAM: $140,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetFree Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop: $80,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetDC Urban Greens Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetACCESS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER: $40,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetiFly Youth Incorporated: $20,000 over 1y, 45% of budgetWard 8 Woods Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetChrist House: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBECKY LEE WOMENS SUPPORT FUND: $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER WASHINGTON DC LANGSTON GOLF COURSE: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetKINGMAN BOYS CLUB INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetTEENS RUN DC: $20,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetGENERATION HOPE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetJubilee Jumpstart: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFOOD RESCUE US INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE THEATRE LAB INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetANACOSTIA WATERSHED SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLIGHT THE WAY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 52% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VALLEY OF GUATEMALA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNDYING HOPE INTERNATIONAL INC: $6,150 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBALTIMORE ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $5,250 over 1y, 1.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Washington Co…Philip L Graham Fund …United Way of the Nat…The Morris and Gwendo…Clark-Winchcole Found…Nora Roberts Foundati…Dimick Foundation Joh…Harman Family Foundat…Venable Foundation IncCongressional Sports …Redskin Foundation In…John Edward Fowler Me…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC30.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Harman Family Foundation · Venable Foundation Inc · Congressional Sports for Charity · Redskin Foundation Inc George Preston Marshall Foundation · John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rotary Foundation of Washington DC funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rotary Foundation of Washington DC. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Foundation of the University of the Valley of Guatemala: 100% of income from government
  • Anacostia Watershed Society Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Food Rescue Us Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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